St. Louis Cardinals Wiretap

Cardinals Sign LaRue To One-Year Deal

The Cardinals signed backup catcher Jason LaRue to a one-year contract on Friday.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

LaRue, who was one of six Cardinals to file for free agency, appeared in 61 games in 2008 and batted .213 with four homers and 21 RBIs.

Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Cardinals To Target Furcal?

The Cardinals are looking to improve their infielder while adding an impact bat and could target Dodgers' shortstop Rafael Furcal.

Furcal hit .357 with five home runs and 16 RBI in just 36 regular season games because of injury in 2008.

Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Mulder: 'I Wish I Could Have Pitched Better'

Mark Mulder understands why the Cardinals opted to forgo the 2009 option on his contract, but he would do anything to have pitched well in St. Louis.

"It was a tough situation ... The whole time, all the way through the rehab and making those starts, I was not sure what I really had to get guys out," Mulder said. "Coming back, never once did I sit there and say, 'It?s back. I feel normal.' I never had things just click."

Mulder went 22-18 in four years, having started just 53 games.

"I would have given up anything to have done well in that city and with that team," Mulder said Wednesday. "I saw how it was. I saw why kind of teams we had there. It would have been so much fun, so incredible, to have been healthy and pitching like I?m capable. The last few years had nothing to do with the team or with the city. I wasn?t able to pitch for either of them. That?s disappointing."

Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Cardinals Oct 2008 Archive

  • Cardinals Buy Out Option On Mulder

    The Cardinals have reportedly parted with left-handed starter Mark Mulder, informing him that they will not pick up his option for 2009.

  • Dominican Manager Hoping To Have Pujols For WBC

    The manager of the Dominican Republic team is still hoping that first baseman Albert Pujols can play in the World Baseball Classic despite his elbow surgery.

  • Pujols Has Elbow Surgery

    Cardinals' first baseman and NL MVP candidate Albert Pujols had surgery on his troublesome right elbow on Monday.

  • Duncan Remains Pitching Coach In St. Louis

    Pitching Coach Dave Duncan will return to the St. Louis Cardinals next season.